| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface: A Tribute to My Teachers; Introduction: The Anthropology of Health and Healing; Part I: The Psychobiology of Health and Healing; Part II: Maintaining Health and Healing the Whole Person; Part III: Models of Diagnosis and Treatment; Part IV: Contemporary Issues in Health and Healing; 13. The Social Context of Epidemics; 14. Medicines, Herbs, and Dietary Supplements; 15. Public Policy and Health-Care Delivery Systems; Notes; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The Anthropology of Health and Healing provides the first holistic approach to the study of medical anthropology. Over the past two decades, medical anthropology has been the most rapidly growing subfield in anthropology, and a number of medial anthropology texts have been published, focusing primarily on public policy and health care delivery systems. Yet while Anthropologists have researched topics related to medical anthropology for over 100 years, here Womack thoroughly surveys this richly diverse field and provides an integrated approach that links together the biological, psychological |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical anthropology.
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Public health -- Anthropological aspects.
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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Human body -- Social aspects
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Medical anthropology
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Public health -- Anthropological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780759118614 |
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0759118612 |
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